{"id":47442,"date":"2026-04-11T07:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47442"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:56:43","slug":"urgent-nationwide-recall-for-rice-sold-at-major-grocery-stores-thats-contaminated-with-mystery-foreign-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47442","title":{"rendered":"Urgent nationwide recall for rice sold at major grocery stores that&#8217;s contaminated with mystery &#8216;foreign material&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"85.047283702213\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-125\/luke-andrews.html\" class=\"author\">LUKE ANDREWS, U.S. SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-10T15:30:12+0100\"> 10:30 EDT, 10 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-10T16:45:11+0100\"> 11:45 EDT, 10 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.68.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.4.3\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/15.81.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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Lundberg Farms confirmed the recall to media outlets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">No notice on the FDA website or enforcement report has been issued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The recalled rice has the product code of\u00a0073416- 040281. It also has the lot codes\u00a0260201 or\u00a0260202.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was also not clear how the potential foreign material was detected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In previous cases, however, the material has been detected after a report from customers consuming the product or from inspectors noting an issue at a factory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Depending on the size and material of the contamination, the foreign objects could pose a choking risk or cause internal injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jasmine rice is a long-grain variety of rice popular for its slightly sticky texture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The rice is commonly used as an accompaniment to Southeast Asian dishes, stir-fries and as an alternative to long-grain white rice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The rice is not significantly healthier than standard white rice, although health experts urge people to get the brown version in order to obtain more nutrients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On average, Americans consume about 20lb of rice every year, according to estimates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Urgent nationwide recall for rice sold at major grocery stores that&#8217;s contaminated with mystery &#8216;foreign material&#8217;<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-15722107\/Urgent-nationwide-recall-rice-sold-major-grocery-stores-thats-contaminated-mystery-foreign-material.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=1490\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By LUKE ANDREWS, U.S. SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT Published: 10:30 EDT, 10 April 2026 | Updated: 11:45 EDT, 10 April 2026 More than 4,500 cases of jasmine&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}